Tableau Software Opens in Shanghai

Seattle, US-based big data visualization and analytics specialist Tableau Software has opened an office in Shanghai, China.

Tableau's software allows users to connect, visualize and share business intelligence data between a PC and iPad, with no programming skills required. Earlier this month, the firm acquired Infoactive, an infographics web app start-up based in Montreal, Canada.

As well as its HQ in Seattle, the firm has US offices in Palo Alto, Austin and Washington DC; European bases in London, Dublin, Frankfurt and Paris; and AsiaPac operations in Singapore, Tokyo and Sydney. The new venture in China aims to provide support for local customers and partners, and Tableau says China Eastern Airlines is already using its tools to analyze market research and to optimize its routes.

JY Pook (pictured), APAC Vice President, comments: 'With 1.3 billion people, a quickly expanding urban economy, and exponential rates of Internet and smartphone penetration, China generates an immense amount of data annually. Tableau can help bring that data to life with rapid-fire insights'.

Web site: www.tableausoftware.com .